CMake linking Windows SDK

Question

I have a project in CLion in which I need to include a library from the Windows 8.1 SDK, so I attempted to use CMake to link it.
I don't have any .so or .dll, but .lib (or directly the .h file).
Specifically, this library is dsound.h.
I tried to look for related questions, but none of the solutions I found works for me: how can I do it?

My current CMakeLists.txt is

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)

project(Project)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)

include_directories(${WinSDK})

set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp file1.h file1.cpp)
add_executable(Project ${SOURCE_FILES})
target_link_libraries(Project ${WinSDK})

where WinSDK is the variable containing the location of the Windows SDK.

The error I get is the following:

[ 33%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/Project.dir/main.cpp.obj
[ 66%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/Project.dir/soundclass.cpp.obj
In file included from C:\projectPath\soundclass.cpp:4:0:
C:\projectPath\soundclass.h:21:24: fatal error: dsound.h: No such file or directory
In file included from C:\projectPath\main.cpp:5:0:
C:\projectPath\soundclass.h:21:24: fatal error: dsound.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles\Project.dir\build.make:61: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/Project.dir/main.cpp.obj' failed
CMakeFiles\Project.dir\build.make:85: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/Project.dir/soundclass.cpp.obj' failed
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:66: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/Project.dir/all' failed
mingw32-make.exe[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/Project.dir/main.cpp.obj] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mingw32-make.exe[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/Project.dir/soundclass.cpp.obj] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/Project.dir/all] Error 2
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:78: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/Project.dir/rule' failed
Makefile:117: recipe for target 'Project' failed
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Project.dir/rule] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe: *** [Project] Error 2

Answer 1

${WinSDK} cannot be set correctly since you are using the same variable in the same way for both include and library.

Other tips:

• CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD does nothing for the MSVC compiler
• it is better to use target_include_directories() than include_directories() to keep target information cleaner